A/N: Ok…I fibbed. I had to put in another author's note because of the events surrounding John Cena the past few days. It totally messed up what I had planned, but I think we've got it figured out. Granted…we're making a lot of this stuff up as we go because we don't know exactly why Cena was "fired." So…stick with us and we promise it will be a great ride. Thank you for all the reviews! ~ The Team
Sun peaked through the curtains the next morning and found the lovers still wrapped in each others arms. As opposed to the last time, John awoke first and found Mollie still in his arms. He breathed a silent sigh of relief as he snuggled a big closer, taking in a whiff of her fruity shampoo.
Mollie then stirred, realizing that she had two massive arms still wrapped around her. Her mind drifted back to the night before, and she smiled at the memory. This time…no regrets. She wasn't leaving.
She rolled over and faced John. "Good morning."
"Good morning baby," he replied sleepily. "You ok?"
"I'm wonderful," she smiled and leaned in for a kiss.
John broke the kiss and laughed, "You keep that up and we'll never leave."
"But…we'll have to," she reminded him. "Big day…"
"I know…" he sighed.
"But…that doesn't mean we have to leave right now," Mollie told him. "Shower?"
"You read my mind," he replied with a wicked grin. The two of them got up and headed to the shower.
Half an hour later, the two of them emerged and begin getting ready for their day. Mollie would be in meetings while John had media as well as meetings.
It wasn't until nearly show time that they had managed to reconnect again. And this time it was John who found Mollie amidst a ton of papers.
"I was wondering where I'd find you." He laughed interrupting her in a make shift office.
"I'm sorry. It's just been insane." Mollie grumbled. "When I said I was ready to come back, I might have fibbed just a little."
This concerned John a little. He stood next to her and scooted her chair away from the table. "We can fix that."
"No, I mean, I guess I thought those two weeks in the office were enough to catch me up, but I guess not. This," she directed his attention to the stacks of paper, "is why I had to send a runner to pass out calendars, schedules and scripts."
"What is it?" John asked as he started looking around the papers.
"My latest project." Mollie sighed. "Vince assigned me to the 'Legends' Raw since I had come up with decent things for the 900th episode that I just happened to miss because of a crazy ex-husband."
"You told me about that," he remembered. "What's the problem?"
"I'm just worried…I always do. Anytime I get put in charge of something huge I'll be sick until it's over," Mollie laughed nervously.
John stepped behind her and slowly began massaging her shoulders. Mollie let out a slow, quiet moan. "Wow…"
"Does that help?" he asked.
"Oh yeah…I'll give you thirty minutes to stop that," Mollie joked.
"I would if I could, but I've got to meet with Vince," John told her. "I'll see you before the show." With that he gave her a quick kiss on the temple and bolted out the door.
Mollie shook her head as he walked out. How in the world did he find the energy for everything that he did?
John made his way to Vince's makeshift office inside the arena and knocked on the door. He heard Vince tell him to come in and he entered. Vince sat behind a laptop with his glasses pushed down on the bridge of his nose.
"John, sit down," Vince said.
"You needed to see me?" John asked.
"Yes, I wanted to let you know what we've been discussing in creative. Tonight, you're going to be made the special guest referee for Stu and Randy's match at Survivor Series," he began.
John nodded as Vince continued, "The stipulation will be if Randy loses the title you're free from Nexus. If Wade loses the match, you're fired."
"Fired? Really?" John asked.
"Yes, and we're firing you," Vince said bluntly.
John's heart hit the floor. He cleared his throat and asked, "Come again?"
"But it's not what you think. Yes, you'll be 'fired' but you won't miss any TV. You're going to show up each week – the first week after you've bought tickets to the show – and interrupt Nexus matches. Basically make their life a living hell."
John began to feel better about the situation as a sly smile crept across his face. "I like it."
"But I want you to be thinking about what you want to say on Raw the night after you're fired. You have total creative control over this promo because it needs to be totally heartfelt and real. I trust you can handle that," Vince said.
"Yes sir," John answered. "It won't be easy, but I'll come up with something."
"I knew you would," Vince nodded. "Now, have a good show tonight."
John nodded and walked out of the office. His head was spinning. Even though he wasn't really being fired from the WWE, he had to make it look real. How could he do that?"
He needed to find Mollie. He needed to talk with her about this. This wasn't just your ordinary gimmick, this was emotionally driven and a what-could-be real situation. John knew he wouldn't have to go far to find her, she'd be right where he had left her, amongst her piles.
He knocked on the door a waited for her to answer. Once he summonsed him, he entered and Mollie immediately knew something was off.
"What happened?" Mollie asked.
"Good...you're sitting down," he began as he walked over to her side of her desk.
"What?" she asked. "Why?"
"I don't know quiet how to say this so I'm just going to blurt it out. I'm getting fired..." John said with a straight face.
"What?" Mollie exclaimed.
John held it as long as he could. He was enjoying the panicked look on Mollie's face too much. He burst out laughing. "Storyline fired."
"John Cena..." Mollie said as she bolted up from her desk and smacked him on his massive back. "Way to give me a heart attack!"
"I'm sorry baby. But the look on your face was priceless." John tried to calm his laughter down and did a pretty good job of it when he saw the glare a testy red head was shooting him.
"Are you done now?" She asked. He nodded. "That was just not funny." Mollie shook her head.
"I'm sorry, again." He smirked and kissed the top of her head.
"So what really did happen?" Mollie asked.
As John recounted his meeting with Vince, Mollie hung on every word and when he talked about his send off, she couldn't help the ill feeling in her stomach at the actual thought of watching him send everyone off.
"What are you going to say?" Mollie asked. She knew that John would put everything into it that he could. Believability meant the world to him and the send off promo would no doubt be emotional.
"I don't know. I think I might just shoot from the gut the moment it happens. There's a lot going on. It'll be my Mom's birthday the week it all happens, and my sister in law is supposed to be having a baby any day now, it's just chaotic. But there is one thing I'm certain of..." He said.
"What?" Mollie looked at him with questioning eyes.
"I want you there. Front and center just behind Cole. Maybe we can convince B to come out just for that. We'll disguise her and the two of you could sit ring side."
"Well, you know I'll be there...no question. Brooklyn...that may be another story. I've barely spoken with her since I left her place. And last I knew she was planning on going back to school. At least that was her plan the last time we did speak."
"Well, my sweet redheaded lady...make it happen for me," he coaxed her with a couple of sweet kisses, first on her forehead and then her cheek. Then he captured her lips in a kiss that was hot enough to make her drop the pen in her hand. She wrapped her arms around his neck and let herself be explored with John's massive hands.
They broke apart, both catching their breath. Once Mollie regained her composure, she smiled and replied, "I'll make the call."
"Good…" he said with one more quick peck on the lips. "I've got Make a Wish to do right now. But, I'll see you at creative before the show this evening. If you're up to it, I thought we might get a bite to eat afterwards."
"You got it," she smiled. He left for his charity obligations as Mollie continued her work.
A couple of hours later, Mollie gathered her notes for tonight's show and walked to the meeting. She knew John would probably already be there, and she was right. He was in talks with Stu and Randy when Mollie came in. Randy moved down one chair so she could sit down between himself and John. Randy patted the chair and motioned for her to sit.
Mollie smiled and took a seat. John placed his arm around the back of her chair as he continued his conversation with Stu. When he was finished, he gave her a quick smirk as Vince began the meeting.
The red head diligently added notes for the night's show as Vince rattled off what would be happening he started with the promo run downs for the evening and then moved on to the match listings.
"Since we're on the back end of Bragging Rights, we'll continue with inner-brand matches. But to kick off Raw, Otunga and Cena will drop their titles to Miller and Lloyd. From there we'll move to Nemeth and Danielson with Danielson on top, followed by the Divas match with LayCool versus Gail and Melina where LayCool with make out with the win. After Eve cuts her comical promo on Mike, Ron and Mike will go one on one with Mike on top since Kiley will interfere throughout. From there we'll move into Farrelly and Carelli. Anthony, don't disappointment, you'll take top spot there. And then to cap off the night we'll go classic with Cena and Orton where Bennett gets involved and causes Cena to win by DQ. Orton and Bennett the two of you will have a go until the rest of NEXUS joins and surrounds the two of you. Bennett will then announce the new stipulation for Survivor Series." Vince finished.
The whole locker room was awaiting the actual stipulation but the Chairman never gave way to it and only dismissed the meeting.
Mollie looked at John and he just warmly smiled at her. With a quick shake of her head she looked back towards the Chairman wondering how in the world he could put John through what was about to happen. That was when the Chairman motioned for her to come towards him.
"The principal is calling. You guys better get to work on those matches." She sighed. "I'll see you later." She pressed a quick kiss to John's cheek as it was no secret now that the two were together and disembarked towards Vince.
"Shall we?" Stu asked.
"Let's go." Randy sighed. John nodded and followed.
"You wanted to see me, sir?" Mollie asked as she approached Vince.
"I have another brief assignment for you. Since you're doing so well on the Legends Raw, I thought I'd ask you to get the appearances finalized for Fan Appreciation Day this weekend." Vince commented and handed a packet of papers to Mollie.
"Alright." Mollie took the papers and smiled. In her mind she was ready to explode however since she was completely bogged down with trying to stack up the Legends for Raw on November 15th.
"You can set aside the Legends for the next couple of days as you firm up these. I need this all confirmed by Wednesday. Stephanie and I will handle the matches." Vince explained.
"Yes sir, no problem." Mollie nodded.
"Thank you. We'll chat on Thursday in my office. I'll let you know the time." Vince finished and the two went their separate ways.
With showtime just about ticking down to the eleventh hour, Mollie took up refuge in her makeshift office from earlier. She wanted to get a good look at the list of Superstars and Divas appearing at Fan Appreciation Day so see if any of them were set Legends for the Raw episode too.
'Kill two birds with one stone.' Mollie thought. On the sheet in front of her, she saw the potential match listings. 'Kane v. ?', 'HHH v. Del Rio', 'Ziggler v Big Show (w. Hornswoggle)', 'Orton v Barrett', 'Sheamus v Morrison', 'Divas Dance Off', 'Bryan v Miz (w. Riley)', 24-man Over-The-Top-Rope Battle Royal'.
"So much for that idea." Mollie sighed. There were no legends set to appear. But the next page, a list of individuals appearing, gave her more insight to the matches and one name stuck out the most to her. And she couldn't help the grin that spread across her face. "The Diva Dance off includes Melina, Alicia Fox, Gail Kim, Kelly Kelly, Layla, Maryse and Natalya but there would be a special run in by Santino and in the end, the winner will face former WWE Diva Brooklyn Greene in a quick match." Mollie read.
"That little witch…" she laughed to herself. She couldn't believe her best friend hadn't let her in on the surprise that she was coming back for one match. Mollie picked up the phone to get more details from Brooklyn herself.
"Hello?" Brooklyn answered, sounding out of breath.
"Did I catch you at a bad time, honey?" Mollie asked.
"Mollie! No…no…just finishing a workout. How are you?" Brooklyn asked.
"Don't play coy with me," Mollie told her. "You know why I'm calling."
"Busted…" Brooklyn laughed. "When did you find out?"
"Just now! That's why I'm calling. So…how far did Vince have to twist your arm?" Mollie asked.
"Oh…not very far. I've got another surprise for you."
"What now?" Mollie asked, jokingly.
"I'm taking the trainer job at FCW. I'm moving to Florida."
"WHAT? That's great!" Mollie exclaimed. Now she'd have many more opportunities to see her best friend which she missed desperately.
"Yeah I know." Brooklyn smiled on her end. "I'm actually looking forward to it."
"I am too. Now whenever I'm at John's I can see you!" Mollie was elated. "But, really, what made you change your mind?"
Brooklyn sighed on her end. "To be honest, I just genuinely miss it all. But I don't want to travel anymore and I don't want to be on the road. I just want to be me and do what I love without the baggage. And after a long talk with myself, I just realized that I needed to do this."
"You have made my day," Mollie beamed. "And it makes this even easier to ask you."
"What?"
"Well, first let me explain what's going on," Mollie began and explained the entire storyline that John would soon have to go through. After the explanation she asked, "Will you be there the night he says goodbye? He wants you there. I want you there."
Brooklyn had to seriously think about that offer. Sure, she was going to be at Fan Appreciation but she was pretty sure she could avoid Stu while there. Raw might be a different story. But, her friendship with John and Mollie was more important than anything she had with Stu.
She sighed and replied, "Of course I'll be there."